Residents displaced after Allentown cooking fire

Residents of an Allentown row home were displaced Saturday night after a cooking fire set off sprinklers that flooded the building, a fire official said.

The fire department was called about 10:15 p.m. to a three-story apartment building at 107 N. Eighth St., said Capt. John Christopher.

While the sprinklers had taken care of whatever had flared on the stove of the second-floor apartment, they also left a "tremendous amount" of water, leading to the decision to cut the building's power, Christopher said.

The American Red Cross of the Lehigh Valley said six people were given lodging, food and toiletry items.